Comments on: As Granny used to say…

By: A. Joyce

A. Joyce — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:14:00 +0000

I don’t remember a single word my grandmother said to me, before she died when I was in high school. By the time I came around I think she was worn out by an alcoholic husband, bedbound from many years from stroke and ill-health, still irascible, and eight living children, mostly daughters with not-so-good marriages and god knows how many grandchildren, She wasn’t a person to me ever, really, more like a fragile old teacup. She did make some mean apple jelly, that I do remember.

By: Aurea-Vicenta

Aurea-Vicenta — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:50:53 +0000

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By: Jan Hosking

Jan Hosking — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:09:20 +0000

My gran used to say “chickens come home to roost” when speaking of how a person’s conduct or deeds could or would be judged by the world.
She also had a saying “she’s looking at a giggle bird and laughing at the eggs” when, as a child, I would go sometimes go into those spasms of unstopable, uncontrolled, hysterical laughter.

By: Anna McQuinn

Anna McQuinn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:12:20 +0000

I grew up in a most picturesque corner of rural Ireland but unfortunately the economy was not great – whenever asked how anyone could bear to leave such a place (in search of work) my mother would say, “you can’t eat the view”.

By: JN Welsh

JN Welsh — Sat, 29 May 2010 12:55:34 +0000

I’m of the generation with little notion of the idea of extended family. I only saw one of my grandmothers twice in my life, and the other rarely said much of anything to me on childhood visits before her death. I’m fascinated by people who grew up in close contact with grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles — maybe one day I’ll have some pearls of wisdom for my daughters’ children.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:47:49 +0000

When I worried about something, my grandmother would say, “Better get your worrying in now, or you might completely miss an opportunity to feel bad.” And I wonder why my children mastered sarcasm before they could read. It’s clearly hereditary.

By: Idzan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Idzan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:18:47 +0000

An early Anniversary greetings to you and dear hubby.
Please blog on how you celebrate the special day.

As for singing while cooking, I think it’s more to do with not letting your spit go into your cooking. Haha.

There’s a better advice Malay grannies tell in never chasing after guys. “Let not the well go after the bucket.” (That was in the dark ages when our ancestors used well water for bathing and for cooking).

Now our mums tell us: “Every kettle has a lid. Let the lid roll to you.”

By: the Bag Lady

the Bag Lady — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:58:11 +0000

My mother was classically trained, and sang constantly – as do I! And most of what I sing I learned from her – songs from the ’40′s (Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, etc). Those songs keep her alive in my mind.

By: Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:01:41 +0000

I love all this interesting grandmotherly advice. My mother always sang around the house and I do, too–perhaps that’s why I ended up marrying an older man–although he is a great guy and I’ve never regretted it, or at least only on those occasions when all wives feel exasperated. We’re coming up on our 34th anniversary next month.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:51:25 +0000

My father’s mother, of a neighbor: “She thinks her shit is ice cream.” I, preteen, had never heard the phrase before–and damned near had a heart attack hearing it from Grandma.